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By Mark Rodriguez

Wow, 300 posts and a lot has changed during that time. We finally got to see the big End Game, the culmination of everything in the MCU that started with the first Iron Man film back in the day. With Spider-Man Far From Home showing a big of the world's reaction to the events of both Infinity War and End Game, it closes the chapter on the MCU as we look ahead to see where the story will continue from there. Especially since Disney now owns Fox and the X-Men and Fantastic Four movie rights, and the original Fox X-Men concluded their series.


On other things, Cody Rhodes stepped up and unleashed All Elite Wrestling to the masses. With their events streamed on Bleacher Report Live domestically and the Fite TV app internationally, they are about to have a TNT TV deal in October. From what I've seen at Double or Nothing, Fyter Fest and Fight for the Fallen, I've been happy to give the ol' WWE a rest.

ProWrestlingTees helps promote AEW but also owns ProWrestlingCrate and has ended up buying out That Wrestling Club and Wrestlecrate, which was actually the premiere wrestling themed subscription box. The 1Up Box is gone and the TMNT Box has now gone quarterly. I was happy to get to unbox their very first quarterly box alongside my bro. Nerd Block was bought out by Insight Editions but all they've been doing for the last year is have sales on their website. Still nothing on if the box is ever coming back.

Videogame wise we await to see if Capcom really will deliver new dlc characters for Street Fighter 5 this August or if this is the end. SNK released Samurai Shodown and we await a King of Fighters 15 next year or so. I also got into Apex Legends, sorta, thanks to a friend of mine. I'm not good at these battle royale first person shooters, maybe someday I'll actually get a kill. 

Our humble little YouTube show, Video Game Masters reached it's 10 year anniversary and I was able to get in some of the old gang like Rakiarmas and Pikachika. The Fish Hunter, an old friend from our days in Mexico is coming back and will be joining us for more videos, starting with our joint review of Spider-Man Far From Home. Video Game Masters is also on the fast track to reach 100 episodes. Plus the VGM Geek Portal is growing slowly but surely on LBRY as that new platform also continues to grow.


I got to hang with my bro a few times as we got to enjoy both Shine Con and Lvl Up Expo together, as well as watch End Game together. I also checked out Sci Fi Valley Con which I haven't been to in years and plan to go to Steelcity Con as well. The Sci Fi Valley Con will always be awesome since I got to meet Rob Paulsen, the voice of Raphael from the original TMNT of my childhood. That is pretty amazing and something I'll always remember. 

Thanks for sticking by the blog and reading along. Let's see what happens in 400 posts!

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